The NCAA formalized bylaws addressing name, image and likeness ,including new standards for prospective high school and junior college athletes.

No. 5 St. John’s opens its season Monday night at home against Quinnipiac, the preseason favorite in the Metro Atlantic Conference.

UConn starts the 2025–26 season right where it left off: on top of the mountain. Last spring’s title and a bolstered roster have BetMGM putting the Huskies at +250 to repeat, ahead of their title game foe South Carolina (+290). Just behind these two leaders are the other two most recent visitors to the Final Four, UCLA (+425) and Texas (+800).

Taliah Scott scored 12 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter to lead No. 16 Baylor past No. 7 Duke 58-52 in the women’s college basketball season opener in Paris.

The Southeastern Conference is pushing back against a major change in college athletics. In a memo sent to the NCAA last week, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey urge

Ohio State running back Bo Jackson, top, is tackled by Penn State defensive back Antoine Belgrave-Shorter during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Jeff Sagarin, a sports computer rankings expert, is still refining his system for evaluating college football teams at 77, despite knowing perfection is impossible.

As the college basketball season prepares to tip off, an NCAA gambling investigation with links to the NBA betting scandal is impacting the status of multiple players at several schools, according to sources familiar with the probe. One player has been ...